This journalist with Italian daily La Stampa wrote a series of articles about Russia aid to Italy.
He reported concerns that a high percentage of donated supplies are 'useless', and about the fact that the aid was accompanied by 122 Russian soldiers. (cont.) https://twitter.com/jacopo_iacoboni/status/1246036789523034112

An English-language version of some of his reporting with @antelava is available here: https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/soft-power/russia-coronavirus-aid-italy/
It quotes chemical weapons expert and former NATO commander @HamishDBG and researcher Sergio Germani to say this is likely a Russian intelligence-gathering operation